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Which proprietary software do you prefer over their open-source alternatives, and why? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Finale vs Lilypond. I'm convinced only the Borg actually uses Lilypond. It's obscure, terrifying and difficult to use. Maybe it's because I've been using finale for over 14 years but it's hard for me to even conceptualize how to make music in Lilypond, whereas Finale just does whatever I ask of it.

Musescore is also a good FOSS alternative but I still stick by finale.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wish there is everything for Linux.

fsearch has the looks but last time I tried I needs to wait for it to scan, no background indexing.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

MacOSf or the trackpad gesture support.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (8 children)

XNViewMP (cross platform) - no alternative, ImageMagick is shit
R-Studio (cross platform) - no, Testdisk is not even a fraction as good
MS Office Word/Excel/PowerPoint - obvious compatibility reasons, I use 2007 in Windows XP VM with no internet
Filelist Creator (cross platform) - no alternative
1DM+ on Android over Aria2App, former can video grab from webpages like how IDM/XDM work on desktop, no other app can
Snapseed - no alternative that is as quick and simple

I made a recent post of closed source Android apps I like, with explanations. https://lemmy.ml/post/2768094

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